Books - "literature"
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In the Bell-Bird's lair, or, In Touch with Nature
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Gordon & Gotch 1911
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature Herman Foston
Gumdigger: My New Zealand Story Northland 1899-1900
Octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Scholastic 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature Kath beattie
Tales From Rumi: Essential Selections from The Mathnawi
Duodecimo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Sacred Texts / Watkins Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: sacred texts series Rumi spirituality literature
Stormy Petrel
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stougton 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Mary Stewart
Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana
Octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2008
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Anne Rice
Blue Lightning
Octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Pan Books 2015
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Ann Cleeves
A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan
Paperback (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1974
KEYWORDS: literature philosophy psychology Carlos Castaneda Don Juan
Spike Island: Portrait of a Police Division
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1980
KEYWORDS: first editions literature law police Spike Island James McClure
A Tale for the Time Being
Octavo hardcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Canongate 2013
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature Ruth Ozeki
For Whom the Bell Tolls
FIRST BLAKISTON EDITION (BOOK CLUB)- JACKET IN POOR CONDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind stamp author's signaute to front board, top page edges stained red- faded, deckled page fore-edges, unpaginated prelims + 410pp, VG (moderate rubbing/scuffing to board & spine extrems/edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, minro chip to page block at fore-edges) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges & spine, minor chafing & discolouration, all corners lightly clipped)
PUBLISHER: The Blakiston Company 1940
KEYWORDS: fiction literature novels first Blakiston editions edition book club Ernest Hemingway
This is Greece
FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 60pp, illus, VG (minor bruising/scuffing & fading to board & spine extrems/edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light discolouration to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, price clipped, light fading & soiling to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges & spine, front cover lightly faded)
PUBLISHER: W H Allen 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions children's literature history books Greece culture
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, charcoal grey boards, gilt lettering to balck cloth spine, unpaginated prelims + 575pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Company 1999
KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed Salman Rushdie novels fiction literature
Purgatorio
Lg quarto, quarter leather bound teal iridescent cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, prined eps, frontispiece, xvi + 154pp, illus, Near FINE, in illus slipcase, VG+ (minor chafing & bruising)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2008
KEYWORDS: folio society Dante Alighieri verse cantos poetry literature illustrated inferno dante's purgatory Salvador Dali
The Essential Gore Vidal
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp initials to front board, deckled page fore-edges, xxx + 988pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine, light to moderate soiling with minor label residue to rear)
PUBLISHER: Random House 1999
KEYWORDS: signed Gore Vidal literature essays
The Bitter Past
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 308pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Minotaur Books 2023
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Bruce Borgos
Traitor's Purse
FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 205pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2015
KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS folio society literature novels fiction illustrated Margery Allingham
The Rules of Attraction
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, pink gilt lettering to spine, 283pp, VG+ (sl discolouration to lettering on spine, sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Bret Easton Ellis
Old London Street Cries, and the Cries of To-Day With Heaps of Quaint Cuts
FIRST EDITION, duodecimo, patterned heavy boards, black lettering to spine- mostly missing, black lettering to title plate to front board, string ties to board fore-edges, deckled page edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 137pp, illus, G (spine mostly missing with heavy but tidy archival tape reinforcement, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light chipping to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters & archival tape repairs) an adorable wee book, a lovely collectable item!
PUBLISHER: 1885. London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C / Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co. New York: Scribner & Welford
KEYWORDS: first editions literature old London city history historical markets traders whimsy
Speak With the Sun
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1949
KEYWORDS: first editions poetry poems verse literature David Campbell
The Poems of Catullus
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1956
KEYWORDS: first editions classic literature poetry poems verse Catullus